DRIPPING SPRINGS — The Texas Association of School Boards (TASB) announced, at the 2024 Delegate Assembly in San Antonio, that Dripping Springs ISD Board Vice President Dr. Mary Jane Hetrick has been named a 2024-25 officer for the Texas Association of School Boards (TASB) as first vice president fo...

Some of the scare actors and volunteers for Hell Country Productions’ Outbreak haunted house pose for a picture prior to opening. The haunted house, located at Dripping Springs Ranch Park, will be open every Friday and Saturday for the rest of October and tickets can be purchased at www.hellcountryh...

Guests and staff mingle during the Dripping Springs Sport Club Launch Event on Wednesday, Oct. 16, which was hosted at Deep Eddy Vodka Tasting Room, located at 2250 US-290, Dripping Springs.

WIMBERLEY — On Oct. 16, the Wimberley Valley Chamber of Commerce hosted the annual Wimberley ISD State of the District luncheon, where Superintendent Dr. Greg Bonewald spoke on recent achievements and statistics. Beginning with the data, Bonewald shared the following: • Wimberley High School - Grade...

DRIPPING SPRINGS  —   On Thursday, Oct. 17, Dripping Springs ISD held the first of four community meetings regarding its attendance rezoning, which is set to be voted on by the board of trustees in December, in preparation for the opening of the district’s sixth elementary school in the fall of 2025...

DRIPPING SPRINGS — The first standalone mobile food truck is now coming to Dripping Springs. On Tuesday, Oct. 15, after weeks of discussion across several meetings, Dripping Springs City Council — upon the recommendation of the Planning & Zoning Commission — voted 5-0 to approve a Conditional Use Pe...

SAN MARCOS — Joseph Pavelka, 34, was found guilty for two counts of aggravated sexual assault of a child and one count of indecency with a child by sexual contact. On Aug. 19, 2024, a Hays County jury found Pavelka guilty of sexually abusing the victim from the ages of six and seven years old, while...

Johnson High School junior Ava Schlotterbeck was selected to participate in NASA’s Texas High School Aerospace Scholars program earlier this semester. She is the first from Hays CISD to be selected for the program. Schlotterbeck, who discovered the program while researching for internships and schol...

The Texas Legislature has declared the month of October as Czech Heritage Month in Texas. Beginning in the late 1840s, Czech settlers came in growing numbers to the Lone Star State and have made sacrifices to Texas; Czechs are known for their love of democracy, work ethic and have established standa...